urbanizes
Makes more metropolitan
Urbanizes means transforms into an urban area or gives urban character to something.
A region urbanizes when it develops cities, infrastructure, and dense populations: The valley urbanized rapidly after the railroad arrived.
People or cultures can also urbanize, adopting city ways over rural ones.
The process—urbanization—describes one of modernity's defining demographic shifts.
Extend in disorderly fashion
- expansionIncrease in scope
- suburbsResidential areas outside cities
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- conurbationMerged continuous urban area
megacity · metropolis · density · highrise · boroughs · districts · skylines · outskirts
Extremely tall urban buildings
- subwayUnderground transit passage
- metroUrban rail transit
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
- digitizationAnalog-to-electronic transformation
streetcars · concrete · asphalt · boulevards · gridlock · cosmopolitan · fiber-optics · industrialization
Basic physical systems
- zoningSectioning areas by use
- planningArranging for future events
- land-useHow property gets utilized
- buildingsConstructed enclosed structures
roads · sewers · electricity · public-transport · bridges · tunnels · parks · cityscape
Regular work travel
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- anonymityUnknown identity state
- nightlifeEvening entertainment culture
- diversityState of varied elements
walkability · cafes · noise · crowding · fast-paced · convenience · accessibility · mixed-use
Removal from usual location
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
- evictionForced departure from rental
- boutiquesSmall fashionable stores
- yuppificationAffluent professionals transform neighborhoods
sprawl
Extend in disorderly fashion
- expansionIncrease in scope
- suburbsResidential areas outside cities
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
conurbation · megacity · metropolis · density · highrise · boroughs · districts · skylines · outskirts · exurbs
skyscrapers
Extremely tall urban buildings
- subwayUnderground transit passage
- metroUrban rail transit
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
digitization · streetcars · concrete · asphalt · boulevards · gridlock · cosmopolitan · fiber-optics · industrialization · electrification
infrastructure
Basic physical systems
buildings · roads · sewers · electricity · public-transport · bridges · tunnels · parks · cityscape · architecture
commute
Regular work travel
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- anonymityUnknown identity state
- nightlifeEvening entertainment culture
diversity · walkability · cafes · noise · crowding · fast-paced · convenience · accessibility · mixed-use · pedestrianization
displacement
Removal from usual location
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
- evictionForced departure from rental
- boutiquesSmall fashionable stores
yuppification · upscaling · artisanal · trendy · rezoning
urbanizesdepopulates
Reduces inhabitant count drastically
decentralizes · suburbanizes · disperses · empties · scatters
- rapid urbanizationQuick expansion of cities